Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 173

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

النَّاقِضُ السَّابِعُ.

The seventh nullifier.

فَأَجَابَ: «وَهَذَا الصَّحِيحُ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَعْنَى إِذَا عُرِفَ، إِذَا ثَبَتَ هَذَا، وَإِلَّا فَالْأَصْلُ أَنَّهُ كَافِرٌ، هَذَا هُوَ الْأَصْلُ، مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ - جَلَّ وَعَلَا -: ﴿فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ﴾، فَالْأَصْلُ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ وَأَنَّهُ كَافِرٌ، هَذَا هُوَ الْأَصْلُ؛ إِلَّا إِذَا عُرِفَ بِطُرُقٍ ثَابِتَةٍ بِطَرِيقِ الثِّقَاتِ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِمَّا يَتَعَاطَى عِبَادَةَ الْجِنِّ، نَعَمْ.

He replied: 'This is correct in terms of meaning if it is known and established; otherwise, the default is that he is a disbeliever. This is the default, just as He—Exalted and Majestic—said: "So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them." The default regarding him is that he is to be killed and that he is a disbeliever; this is the default, unless it is known through established methods and by way of trustworthy sources that he is not among those who engage in the worship of the jinn. Yes.'

وَسُئِلَ أَيْضًا: قِيلَ لَهُ: أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ التَّقْرِيرُ أَنَّ السِّحْرَ لَيْسَ كُفْرًا ذَاتُهُ السِّحْرُ عَلَى هَذَا لَيْسَ كُفْرًا فِي ذَاتِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لِمَا يَتَرَتَّبُ عَلَيْهِ؟

He was also asked: It was said to him, 'May Allah treat you well, is the conclusion that magic itself is not disbelief? That magic, based on this, is not disbelief in its essence, but rather it is due to what results from it?'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 28 nouns)

• أَجَابَ — to answer
• عَرَفَ — to know
• ثَبَتَ — to be proven
• نَاقِضٌ — nullifier
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• أَصْلٌ — origin